Elizabeth is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,374 people and three associated neighborhoods, Elizabeth is the 747th largest community in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elizabeth is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elizabeth is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Elizabeth who work in food service (16.01%), sales jobs (10.48%), and office and administrative support (9.46%). Also of interest is that Elizabeth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Overall, Elizabeth’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. One downside of living in Elizabeth is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elizabeth, the average commute to work is 32.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of Elizabeth’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. For a small borough, Elizabeth has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Elizabeth exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.The education level of Elizabeth citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.15% of adults in Elizabeth have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Elizabeth in 2022 was $27,832, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,328 for a family of four. However, Elizabeth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elizabeth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Elizabeth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elizabeth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elizabeth include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Elizabeth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
